My only question is why did the Yugoslavian Governement make the switch from the Original SVD design from the rimmed x54 to the rimless 8mm Mauser round?

The 7.62x54 has been winning international matches and tactical shooting competitions for well over 50 years and is an inherently accurate round, while the 8mm Mauser round has never been known as a target round...and nobody can name any country that actually WON a war armed with a mauser as their MBR unless the OTHER side also used it

Was it just because the Yugoslavians had so many of the M48 Mausers laying around they just wanted uniformity of supply?

I want an SVD someday, ALMOST bought a Romanian one when they were available last for like $499 wholesale but used the money for my AR instead...but when I do buy one it will be in x54....

its all in the platform. Yall gotta keep in mind acceptable milspec accuracy is up to 4 MOA for an issue rifle. The SUB MOA groups we all like to shoot would mean hundreds of thousands of dollars on custom weaponry that wont be as tolerant of battlefield conditions.

We didn't post for a long time, but I have to share with you our new new Zastava M76 sniper video.
We wanted to do it with a short story, so here it is. The app for android/iphone that is seen in the clip is not available on the market, but it does wonders. For a short while, you can see goggles that are actually for military and we were very glad to test them. You can't hold a 20.000€ military equipment in your hands every day